Leyla Sanai

Women behaving badly: Ghost Lover, by Lisa Taddeo, reviewed

Short stories feature women damaged by unhappy relationships seeking to numb their sorrows through casual sex

Lisa Taddeo. [Getty Images] 
issue 11 June 2022
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  • Ghost Lover

    Lisa Taddeo

    Bloomsbury Circus, pp. 240, £16

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